bento 182 – santa!

it’s been exactly 2 months since my last post, and i havent been ‘bentoing’ . well, except for two occasions.

made these charaben ’kaya bread’ with my sister to raise funds for a nursing home. i replaced nori facial details with wilton’s decorating gel. love using this gel because it’s fast and easy. made bear and keropi with white and pandan (green) bread.

i had collected so many pictures and ideas to make santa, snowman and even rudolf  since early november. time flies and before i had the chance to make any, it’s Christmas eve!!  i had to make at least a santa, so here it is.

santa made with wholemeal and white bread, nose and hat ‘coloured with ketchup’ and eyes, black gel.

today’s not so much about giving and receiving gifts.  we all get so hung up on material things, that at times it seems like we forget what Christmas really means. let’s celebrate the real reason for Christmas! here’s wishing you and loved ones, a very merry and blessed Christmas. hugs! >.<

 

bento 181 and more – bread , bread, bread…

my last post was exactly 2 months ago! it’s been a while…

below are some of my express bentos in the last 2 months. some, too not ‘bento’ to be posted. these were made for k, my girl, as simple as can be.

these are twin pikachus minus their ears! try to imagine… harder! lol!

a girl bento and vintage dome glass combi – my all time favourite.

didnt like the girl? we can change it to bear with a small circular piece of cheese.

ok, i have no inspiration on that day! ;P

my first pirate bento – hand drawn with wilton’s black decorating gel.

halloween is coming, it’s time to make some ‘serious’ bentos ! stay tuned…

in the last 2 months,  i’ve accumulated more vintage stuff than anyone could have imagined!  my first love - vintage footed glasses, started with a few last year  …

and now…

and i have sold a few sets… tho’ reluctantly. 

i have just started a new craze, vintage vacuum thermos.  i cant get enough of them! let me know if you have seen or know where to get one or two or three… >.

so there, i am now a confirmed modern ‘karang guni’  lady.  if you like vintage, read more here  and LIKE our vintage loving community here. it is another blog i co-write with my partner-in-grime, J.  have a great week ahead!

cheers.

bento 180 – elmo

another round of cheese sammy for k,  packed together with all her favourite food.

elmo eyes were halved fishball, red face -artificial crab meat stick and nose was made of fish tofu.

bento 179 – croak croak…

i made another simple sandwich-  a keroppi inspired theme. it would be nicer with a pandan flavoured ‘green’ bread.

in the lunch box – cheese sandwich, seaweed chicken and some marshmallows. thank you all who came back to visit after such a long time!

cheers!

bento – hello! i am back to bentoing. ;)

after  a super long break, i am back to packing ‘cute’  food for my daughter.

i have been experimenting new food to replace nori facial details. i find nori punching to picking and placing tiny ‘eyes’ and ‘mouth’ on food  a little stressful especially in a mad morning rush. it is more so when the tiny ‘eyes ‘ just wont stick to the place where it should be.

i found this black decorating gel tube very handy for dotting eyes and drawing mouth especially for such days, like today.  made sausage and cheese sammies for k. added a piece of choco cake for her since she will go to school early for her guzheng lesson.

i tried ‘drawing’ with nutella too, but the lines werent smooth and appeared patchy. kindly leave a comment if you have found another way to draw the facial details apart from punched nori.

bento 177 – BEARY happy mommy and daughter

my not so little eight-year old girl gave me this on mother’s day.

i am pleasantly surprised and  touched because she used almost all her weekly school allowance to buy this little frame that says …life is beautiful, when you are in my arms! …

she also made two cards and crowns,  one for mommy and another for herself.

a very happy mommy made this beary bento and hopefully it made her girl as happy too!

in this speedy bento, bread crust ‘bears’ with condensed milk, ‘sweet’ cocktail sausages, fishball  ’hearts’ and ‘rabbit’ apple in a silicon container.

and these are the cutters and punchers used for mommy and daughter bears.

i’ll be spending this weekend to catch up with some overdue postings and other bento mamas’  blogs.  have a great weekend ahead all. 

cheers!

happy mother’s day!

 here’s wishing all mommies a very happy mother’s day! hope you continue to have a wonderful journey as moms, be happy and blessed!

this bento is made with mommies in mind, bento and vintage combo!

bento 176 – puppy and a tan ladybug

today’s express charaben snacks is condensed milk wholemeal sammies and fried chicken nuggets.

lady bug sammie on a cheese flower.

another simple puppy sammie.

bought these lovely food picks at daiso imm recently. hurry, if you are in singapore ! ;)

if you like vintage stuff, please register for a vintage giveaway here.  happy midweek!

bento 175 and more

this post is about two weeks overdue, sorry about that!  my poor blog has been a bit neglected lately.  i am still making bentos for the kids though not as many as before. i am not stressing myself to daily bento but as and when time permits, or when i have some inspirations to make one. 

here are some that i made lately.

this was mine, a simple one with just a few carrot flowers. my mom-in-law cooks very yummy hakka yong tau foo!

a boy and girl teddies cut-out sealed omelette sammies with a few slices of orange.

a bento prepared by lily, a dear colleague,  just for me! in the box – potato salad and fruits. she makes the best potato salad.

half of  hard- boiled egg with fish cake lop ears bunny since easter is nearing, but my son saw a cute puppy.

a repeated charaben, rats made with just a teeny cocktail sausage. use pick to represent cheese instead of real cheese. =)

piggies milk sammies and steamed chicken nuggets.

another attempt to make a bunny. this time with fish balls and fish cake tofu.

till another posting, cheers.

bento 174 – a sleepy puppy

i have not made many cute bentos since the last post,  it’s hard to start the bento making ‘engine’ after such a long break. =)

i was also busy with my new-found love into all things vintage, co-blogging with a dear friend about our vintage collections here. please drop by and check it out!

this was the usual bento food for my son today. a sleepy mom prepared a sleepy puppy bento…

my gal’s sleepy cat and alert bunny – condensed milk sammies.

happy midweek all.